Midfielder Christian Eriksen was one of the notable absentees from Tottenham Hotspur's squad when they arrived at Southampton for Sunday afternoon's Premier League match.

The Dane has been an ever-present in the Premier League this season but he misses out against the Saints due to illness.

The midfielder is not the only one struggling with illness this week, with Spurs goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris not travelling after he had been struggling with the flu this week.

Moussa Sissoko and Michel Vorm came into the starting XI to replace the duo in the only changes from the Spurs side that beat Everton 4-0 at Wembley last weekend.

Harry Kane has also struggled with illness this week, meaning he missed one training session out at the club's Barcelona warm-weather training camp. However, he returned to training at Hotspur Way on Friday and had recovered fully in time to play against Southampton.

Christian Eriksen missed out through illness

Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino had only been talking about Eriksen on Friday and how vital he is in his team.

"For me, he's a very important player for us. His quality, he has a lot, but one of his best is he links all the players," he said.

"He has this capacity to link everyone on the pitch - that is the principle one for me but he has a lot of good qualities."